Curtain rod



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UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

ORMOND E. HUNT AND JOHN F. WILSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS TO GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

CURTAIN ROD.

Application filed July 20, 1925. Serial No. 44,858.

This is an improvement in the type of curtain rod which is used in connection with automobiles for supporting the storm curtains in position. Considerable ditiiculty has been experienced in the past owing to the fact that the end of the curtain rod which usually fits in the hem of the fabric will, after some use, work its way through the material of the curtain and project in an unsightly manner and at the same time fail to properly support the curtain. We have herein disclosed a ve imple means for overcoming this difficulty. Preferably, this consists in providing the curtain rod with an enlargement at the end which enters the hem, this enlargement presenting a rounded surface which tends to support the curtain without tearing.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile showing our invention ap plied in connection with one of the door carried storm curtains;

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail of the curtain and curtain rod, portions of the curtain being broken away to better show the invention;

Figure 8 is a section through the curtain showing the curtain rod in side elevation; and

Figure 4 shows a modified form of curtain rod end.

The reference character 2 indicates any conventional form of storm curtain, the one shown being mounted at one end upon the door to swing open therewith. We have illustrated the. curtain as supported at that end by a curtain rod 4 in which our invention is embodied. As is customary, one end of the curtain rod is received in a socket in the body and the other end and the major portion of the length thereof is received in hem 6 in the curtain It is the upper end of this rod which in the past has not infrequently pierced a hole. in the curtain material with resulting impairment in function and in appearance. We have formed our curtain'rod with a reduced upper end as shown at 8 and upon this end we have slipped the elongated inverted cup-shaped member 10 the upper surface of which is rounded and, being also of greater area than the end of the rod 4, provides a better support for the curtain and a better distribution of pressure on the fabric with the result that piercing thereof is largely avoided. We have preferred to secure the member 10 in position by heading over the reduced end 8 of the rod 4, as shown.

In the modified form in Figure l, instead of providing the end of the rod with the cup shaped member 10, we have upset the end of the rod and have at the same time flattened it on opposite sides thereby producing an elongated rounded end the thickness of which is substantially the same as the diameter of the rod.

l fe claim:

In a vehicle curtain provided with a sheath formed along its outer edge and closed at the top, a metal supporting rod therefor mounted within said. sheath having integral therewith an upper end abutting said closed top end of the sheath, said upper end being upset and flattened and spread out both forwardly and rearwardly from the axis of the rod. 7

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

ORMOND E. HUNT. JOHN F. WVILSON. 

